#C8A983#C8A983

#C8A983 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.063 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A983
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 131)
HSL	hsl(33, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(33, 35%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 34.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 5.83, 23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 24.54, 76.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% 0.0191 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.063 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1050, 42.2957, 27.4144)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A983 #83A2C8

analogous

#C88683 #C8A983 #C5C883

triadic

#C8A983 #83C8A9 #A983C8

tetradic

#C8A983 #83C886 #83A2C8 #C883C5

square

#C8A983 #83C886 #83A2C8 #C883C5

split-complementary

#C8A983 #83C5C8 #8683C8

monochromatic

#916C40 #B58C59 #C8A983 #DBC6AD #EEE4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8A983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C8A983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A983

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A983	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AA80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.063 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac2a7',
    500: '#c8a983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a983;
$custom-light: #dac2a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.043,
    "s": 38.547,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75285,
    "c": 0.06295,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A983

secondary

#C8D2DF

accent

#6CB234

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A983

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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